PODCAST - In this podcast, Denis Pombriant, founder and managing principal of Beagle Research Group, gives an overview of sales performance management (SPM) and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of SPM. Pombriant also talks about what types of organizations are deploying SPM today.
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Premiered: March 18, 2010


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | CRM Software | ROI | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software | Sales Force Automation | Sales Information Systems

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise reporting offers a single platform starting point for performance management. Combining performance management with an enterprise BI reporting system yields exponential benefits across the organization and does so more cost-effectively than point solutions implemented by individual lines of business and functions.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Enterprise Systems | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Learn how to plan, forecast and budget more effectively with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, bringing order to business planning processes and offering embedded support for financial consolidation.
Posted: March 16, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | Compliance Software | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

CASE STUDY - In the retail world, success depends on continuous, rapid-fire decision-making based on accurate information. Enterprise retail management solutions must include a robust reporting framework and analytics capabilities. Read this paper to learn how Jaspersoft technologies enabled Tomax to achieve complete, cost-effective information delivery.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 9, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Data Integration | Dashboards | Data Management | Data Management Software | ISVs | J2EE | JBoss | Open Source Software | Query Tools | Real-time Analytics | Reporting Software

EBOOK - This e-book from SearchDataManagement.com explores the value of BI, including its return on investment, the pros and cons of purchasing versus custom-building a BI application and how recent trends are changing the BI landscape.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Dashboards | Data Management | Open Source | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the legacy technologies that influenced the development of both the new generation of search engines and the more powerful unified information access platforms. It also explains the benefits this new approach brings in providing active intelligence on demand and more.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | CRM | Open Source | Search Engine Optimization | Search Engines | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper IDC discusses the growing body of evidence suggesting a direct link between investment in business analytics solutions and organizational performance. IDC highlights market trends that point toward more pervasive use of BI solutions.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Collaboration | Dashboards | OLAP | ROI | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the problems of bringing BI to everyone in the enterprise without heavily relying on IT, and presents a solution for this very problem. Read on to learn how SAP® BusinessObjects™ Explorer solution will solve your BI visibility problems.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Modeling | IT Management | Microsoft Excel | NetWeaver | SAP (Product)

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This paper discusses the results of numerous interviews Nucleus Research conducted with customers that decided to use IBM Cognos as their business intelligence and performance management solution in order to embrace, enhance and extend their SAP and ERP investments.
Posted: January 21, 2010 | Published: January 21, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | ERP | ERP Software | Investments | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about a core set of marketing-related metrics that can be understood and tracked by every executive, especially those in marketing. These metrics are necessary to keep executives, especially in marketing, on top of financial, market, and customer trends, as well as sales and marketing benchmarks.
Posted: January 5, 2010 | Published: December 31, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Data Management Software | Marketing | Marketing Information Systems | Reporting Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in the Cloud offer a timely and cost-effective resource for businesses of all sizes to maximize their business potential while minimizing costs. Relative to traditional BI solutions, Cloud BI solutions - also known as Software-as-a-Service - offer substantial business benefits. Read this paper to find out more.
Posted: January 1, 2010 | Published: December 31, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Cloud Computing | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Management Software | ROI | Software as a Service

ANALYST BRIEF - Before investing in an event management solution, you’ll want to know how the product will fit within your overall event-to-incident and problem management processes, including workflow, escalation and integration with service desk tools. Gartner assesses the vendor landscape in their latest Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desk Software | Help Desks

WHITE PAPER - Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Load Testing | Oracle (Product) | Performance Testing | SOA | Systems Testing

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Financial Management | Oracle (Product)